Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-308) and index.
Contents
Train fever -- A smart chap -- The habit of intolerance -- Catspawned -- The old ewe and the half-bakes -- He shoots so quickly -- Defending sophistries -- Dangerous men -- They know not what they do -- The red summer -- Workers -- wake up! -- A plea for help -- "Quasi in furore" -- Adulation -- "Alone at Laski".
Summary
Based on newly discovered letters and memos, this riveting scholarly history of the conservative justice who became a free-speech advocate and established the modern understanding of the First Amendment reconstructs his journey from free-speech skeptic to First Amendment hero.